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• Paulina Schumann
  ...circus, ''Circo Reina Victoria''; Paulina was, therefore, thrown into the circus world from the very moment she first opened her eyes. In the 1930s, the Rivels toured Europe, appearing in virtually every circus and variety house on the Continent. Then Charlie Rivel, who had performed h
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• Svetlana Gololobova
  ...ool closest to her hometown. Although she received general training in all circus disciplines, Svetlana demonstrated exceptional talent for hand-balancing. ...nd balancing acts in the history of the Soviet circus—indeed, of the circus anywhere.)
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• Marie-Pierre Bénac
  ...exis Gruss]]Marie-Pierre Bénac was not born into the circus. Yet during a circus career that spanned twelve years and two continents, she proved herself a v ...xis Gruss]]. Founded in 1974, the Conservatoire was the first professional circus school in Western Europe.
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• Tunga
  ...public of Mongolia (Outer Mongolia) to a family that did not belong to the circus. Her father was a construction manager, her mother a housewife who raised t Tunga joined the State Circus School of Ulan-Bator when she was twelve years old. She specialized in the
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• Les Casaly
  ...oned a promising career—in his case as an engineer—to join the circus. ...ould remain until 1990, performing their cradle act and, as members of the circus's resident company, a short-distance flying trapeze act.
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• Cirkus Benneweis
  Cirkus Benneweis was, until 2015, Denmark's premier circus, and one of Europe's oldest circuses still in the hands of the same family: ...ed a license to perform as "artist and musician" and began to give outdoor circus performances in Denmark. Gottfried was the son of August Wilhelm Binneweitz
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• Yelena Larkina
  ...Moscow’s [[State College of Circus and Variety Arts]] (a.k.a. the Moscow Circus School) in 1987, where the famous Russian act director [[Valentin Gneushev] ...[[Circus Knie]] and [[Circus Conelli]] in Switzerland; and, in Germany, [[Circus Krone]], Frankfurt’s TigerPalast, Düsseldorf’s Apollo Varieté, and Be
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• Picaso Jr.
  ...dary juggler [[El Gran Picaso]] (Francisco Tébar Picazo), who was a major circus star in Europe in the 1960s and '70s, and popularized "mouth juggling" with ...Realizing that he couldn't escape his circus heritage, he returned to the circus and made his debut at the Benidorm Palace Dinner-Show in Spain on May 5, 19
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• Olivier and Melinda
  ...nciennes, France, Olivier Merlier was not, it seemed, destined to become a circus performer. He worked as a welder on nuclear power plant construction sites, ...cepted the invitation. Thus, in 1985, he began training in all the classic circus disciplines. At the same time, he began to study Hungarian—and to pay
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• Circus Flora
  ...r David Balding established Circus Flora in 1987 as a permanent performing arts organization in St. Louis. ...ica killed her mother. For fifteen years, Flora was a beloved star of the circus that bears her name. In 2000, she retired in the elephant sanctuary in Hohe
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• Ivor David Balding
  ==Circus Producer and Artistic Director== ...famous Parisian circus. There, David had an invaluable initiation into the circus world.
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• Sophie and Virgile
  ...om one to five days a week. Eventually she decided to pursue a career as a circus artist. ...e in 1986, at age fifteen. He came from the circus: His father ran a small circus company.
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• Elena Panova
  ...developed quite by accident at the [[State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in Moscow along with her teachers, [[The Durov Dynasty|Tereza Durova]] an ...his wife, Klavdia, née Kazanskaya. Her parents had nothing to do with the circus: they came from peasant stock and both worked in a local factory.
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• Oleg Izossimov
  ...was twelve years old, he saw the Russian hand balancer Nikolai Kasse in a circus performance, and he was so impressed that he decided then and there that th ...te College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in Moscow, the celebrated "Moscow Circus School". He was refused three years in a row, and was finally accepted in 1
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• Duo Mouvance
  ...f Quebec, Canada. Since her middle-class family had no connection with the circus world, Hélène went through a traditional schooling, graduating in 1982 wi ...still a fledging school—albeit already making its mark in the “New Circus” community. At the same time, she studied acrobatic dance with Michel Jod
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• Circus Nikulin
  == The Circus On Tsvetnoy Boulevard == ...cus, is another one. And in Moscow, there is Circus Nikulin—"the Old Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard."
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• Cirque d'Hiver
  ...e world’s oldest extant circus building. It is also the world’s oldest circus still in activity: It opened its doors in 1852. Its address, at 110 rue Ame ...e (Paris)|Cirque Olympique]], located some five hundred yards from his new circus, on the portion of the Boulevard du Temple that disappeared in 1862, during
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• Valentin Gneushev
  ...eth century, and the creator of some of the most innovative and celebrated circus acts of the 1990s. ...g original acts for them, he eventually influenced the style of many young circus artists and companies, including [[Cirque du Soleil]].
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• Vladimir Tsarkov
  ...scow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]]—the famous "Moscow Circus School"—where he was accepted in 1978, at age fifteen. After the usual basic training in all classic circus disciplines, Vladimir went on to specialize in juggling under Firs Petrovic
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• Circus Oz
  ...al base upon which Circus Oz was founded. Many of the original members of Circus Oz were active in the new wave of Australian performance and brought to the === From "New Circus" To "Circus Oz" ===
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• Elena Borodina
  === From Ballet Dreams To Circus Challenges === ...other, Martha Avdeeva, was a scion of the old [[The Avdeev Family|Avdeev]] circus family. Martha and her sister, Svetlana, had inherited the legendary "giant
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• Elena Serafimovich
  ...the USSR) on February 18, 1972 in a family that was not connected with the circus: Both her parents worked for import-export companies. As a child, the mixtu ...there did: she enrolled in Kiev’s State Institute of Variety and Circus Arts in Ukraine (still part of the Soviet Union at the time). The year was 1987.
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• Kuznetsov Troupe
  ...oscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]]—the famous Moscow Circus School. ...cus]]. In 1991, Kuznetsov left the Zemskov Troupe for Moscow’s [[Bolshoi Circus]], where he started working on a Russian Barre act of his own.
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• Nathalie Enterline
  ...nterline began her dance training at age three at the Enterline Performing Arts Center in Milton and with the Williamsport Civic Ballet, which were both ow ...estival Mondial du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris, to represent the Big Apple Circus. To Brunn’s surprise and delight (and Nathalie’s), she won a Gold Medal
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• Tom Dougherty
  When his circus contract was over, he returned to the stage, but didn’t abandon clowning: ...he was awarded the Silver Medal. That same year, he joined the [[Big Apple Circus]]’s celebrated Clown Care Unit®, bringing much needed comic relief to ho
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• Simon Chaban
  ...d a Russian one, Serguei Zenov. He also trained in Taiko drumming, martial arts, ballet, stage combat, magic, and break dancing. ...isco's [[Pickle Family Circus|New Pickle Circus]] and with Switzerland's [[Circus Monti]], among many other venues, before creating his acrobatic staff manip
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• Nanjing Acrobatic Troupe
  .... Over several millennia, its peoples have created many form of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...nd association with a Western circus was in 1988-1989 with the [[Big Apple Circus]], which also marked its first appearance in the United States.
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• The Chinese Acrobatic Theater
  ...embers of the former Soviet Union have been the most inventive and skilled circus artists of the twentieth century, the Chinese, who come from a different, a ...lthough its artists perform acts of a similar genre and share with Western circus artists a similar background—that of the traveling fairground enterta
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• Carlos Guity
  ...[[Big Apple Circus]]. For over ten years he trained there in a variety of circus disciplines, including tumbling, foot juggling and risley, partnered acroba ...ngside some exceptional circus artists who were working with the Big Apple Circus: [[Francis Brunn]], [[Lottie Brunn]], [[Marie Pierre Benac]], [[David Dimit
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• Alfred Court
  ==Acrobat, Circus Owner, Animal Trainer== ...the greatest wild animal trainers of all times—and as such, a major circus star in Europe and America.
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• Nikolai Chelnokov
  ...Circus and Variety Arts]] in Moscow in 1982, where he trained in all major circus disciplines, and specialized as an aerialist under the legendary team of [[ ...ween classical and "new" circus, and was instrumental in redefining circus arts for generations to come. Chelnokov was awarded a Silver Medal in this festi
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• Pieric
  ...omedy on horseback, which was present in the very first days of the modern circus, is a very difficult genre—as is, actually, any act performed on hors ...e Fratellini’s school had acquired at various times the services of such circus equestrian luminaries as [[Chotachen Courtault]] and [[Francesco Caroli]].
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• Simeon Krachinov Video (2007)
  ...ирк/Circus.doc (Russian State Circus Company) [http://www.circus.ru www.circus.ru]''
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• Simeon Krachinov
  ...|Simeon Krachinov, juggler]], at Moscow's International Festival of Circus Arts (2007)
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• The Indian Circus
  ...y where the level of extreme poverty is still fairly high, a few traveling circus entrepreneurs may have resorted to methods that have fortunately vanished m [[File:Rambo_Circus_(2011).jpeg|thumb|right|375px|Rambo Circus (2011)]]
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• Les Bario
  ...no (Freddy, 1922-1988) was born in Brussels on December 18, 1922. Like all circus children, the two sons of Manrico Meschi, known as Bario (1888-1974), and L In 1938, the Dario-Barios were in England, at Blackpool’s [[Tower Circus]]. Nello took advantage of the occasion to learn tap-dancing, of which Engl
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• Los Quiros
  ...Quiros Video (2002)|Los Quiros, high wire act]] at the 26th International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (2002) ...)|Los Quiros, high wire act]], at the 2nd International Festival of Circus Arts in Moscow (2005)
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• Sarah Schwarz
  ...vacations training in circus arts, and performing on tour with the circus. Circus quickly became Sarah’s true passion. ...avant-garde [[Cirque de Barbarie]], at [[Circo da Madrugada]] in Brazil, [[Circus Roncalli]] in Germany, and Berlin’s WinterGarten varieté, among other ve
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• LaSalle Brothers
  ...ociation Team Championships, and they won a Bronze Medal and the Big Apple Circus Award at the 2003 [[Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris. After ...se to stay in show business, taking a managerial position at the Big Apple Circus. They have not turned their back to their performing career, however, and h
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• Flying Cortes
  ...ith their parents, when the Cortes Troupe were contracted by [[Hoxie Bros. Circus]] to perform their high wire and flying trapeze acts. Young Robinson perfor ...pyramid with the [[The Wallenda Family|Wallendas]] at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 2004, along with his wife, Alida. (That year,
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• Duo Silver Stones Video (2013)
  ...i), aerial straps, at the International Youth Festival of Circus Arts at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2013)
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• Rodion Troupe
  ...ticipated in international gymnastics competitions before switching to the circus&madash;as many Russian gymnasts do when their competitive career comes to a ...r Nikolai Zemskov’s untimely and sudden death during the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 1995, his act was taken over for some time by
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• Crystalle
  ...mnastics and ballet. But when her father heard of her intention to go to a circus school, he stopped talking to Cryzta for two years! To him, she had chosen ...irque et du Mime, France’s—and Western Europe’s—very first circus school, created in 1974.)
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• David Martins
  ...us" held in his native country. This radically changed David’s life: The circus was [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]], and David was hired to perform ...vid Martins made his debut with his spectacular new act in the [[Big Apple Circus]] production of ''Bello Is Back!''
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• Russia's First National Circus
  ...n [[Alessandro Guerra]] and his troupe gave their first performance in the circus they had just built on the old Place des Manèges—the "merry-go-round ...in Rimini, Italy, Guerra (1782-1862) had started his career at Vienna's [[Circus Gymnasticus]], under the management of the Latvian equestrian [[Christoph d
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• Anhui Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...2005)|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe, Risley & Teeterboard Act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Grandma Goes To Hollywood'' (2005)
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• Bertram Mills
  ==Circus Owner and Director== ...unced the "Death of Britain’s Nº 1 Showman" and the "King of the Modern Circus," indicating the unrivalled position in which the showman was revered.
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• Garamov Troupe
  ...oscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] (better known as Moscow Circus School), and graduated in 1970. He made his professional debut as a flyer w ...by Valentin Gneushev. The troupe also participated in the [[International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo]] in 1998.
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• Elena Drogaleva
  ...s (Moscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] (the famous "Moscow Circus School") in 1980. There she specialized as a juggler, and graduated in 1987 ...medal at the All-Union Circus Competition—the old USSR’s ultimate circus competition. But in the turmoil of the post-Soviet era, it was not easy to
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• Cyril Mills
  ==Circus Owner and Director== ...break for National Service in the Royal Air Force. After the Bertram Mills Circus closed down in 1967, he and Cyril Mills remained close friends.''
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• Leonid Engibarov
  ...Russian pop music—among others. And Leonid Engibarov for the Russian circus. ...he ringmaster in the circus ring, or [[SoyuzGosTsirk]], the central Soviet circus organization, in real life. In this, he embodied the moods of a new Soviet
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• Fedunovi Duo
  ...(born October 17, 1972) met at the [[State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in Moscow, Russia, where both were students. They graduated in 1991 with ...agements at the [[Tower Circus]] in Blackpool, England, and [[Circus Krone|Circus Kronebau]] in Munich, Germany.
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• Duo Perfilyev
  ...when they were thirteen years old. As a child, Irina already worked in the circus; she had started training in gymnastics and ballet at age four. Andrey also ...for Circus and Variety Arts (Moscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]], and she convinced Andrey to come with her. But if Irina, with her backgr
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• Denis Lacombe Maestro Video 1996
  Denis Lacombe in ''The Maestro'', comedy act, at the 1st International Circus Arts Festival of Moscow (1996)
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• Denis Lacombe
  ...enis Lacombe in ''The Barber Shop'' with Bill Woodcock]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Carnival and Mardi Gras'' (1986) ..._Lacombe_BAC_Video_1986|Denis Lacombe, ''The Maestro'']], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Carnival and Mardi Gras'' (1986)
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• Kristina Kokorina Video 2005
  ...рк/Circus.doc (Russian State Circus Company) [http://www.circus.ru/ www.circus.ru]''
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• Kristina Kokorina
  ...Kristina Kokorina, Juggling Act]], at the International Festival of Circus Arts, Moscow (2005)
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• Natalia Yakubova
  ...for Circus and Variety Arts (Moscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in Moscow, where he graduated in 1970 as an acrobat on perch pole. Four y ...ildan Yakubovi, Trained Baboons]], at the International Festival of Circus Arts in Moscow (2005)
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• Natalia Yakubova Video 2005
  ...ирк/Circus.doc (Russian State Circus Company) [http://www.circus.ru www.circus.ru]
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• Zhengzhou Acrobatic Troupe
  .... Over several millennia, its peoples have created many form of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...al competition, notably winning a Silver Clown at the 11th [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] with a chair-balancing act in 1985.
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• The Kurziamovi
  ...an acrobat and a clown, before becoming ringmaster of Moscow’s [[Bolshoi Circus]] from 1971 to 1986. ...in Moscow (the Russian Academy of Theatrical Arts), where he graduated as circus "regisseur" (director) in 1995. It is at that time that he met his wife, Ol
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• Beijing Acrobatic Troupe Pole Act 2007
  Beijing Acrobatic Troupe, Chinese Poles, at the International Circus Arts Festival of Moscow (2007)
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• Beijing Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...in 2007 for its remarkable Chinese Pole act, which was also feratured at [[Circus Krone]] in Munich in 2011.
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• The Nikitin Brothers
  [[File:Circus_Nikitin_in_Moscow.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Circus Nikitin in Moscow (c.1915)]] ==Circus Entrepreneurs==
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• Guangdong Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...including three ''Prix du Président de la République''), [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo|Monte Carlo]] (two Gold Clowns), Italy and Sweden,
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• Circus Gymnasticus
  [[File:Circus_Gymnasticus_1815.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The Circus Gymnasticus on the Prater (1815)]] ...ristoph de Bach]] (1768-1834), who had settled in Austria around 1805. The Circus Gymnasticus’s elegant building was erected in 1808 on the Prater—th
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• The Great Carmo
  ==Juggler, Magician, Circus Owner== ...gedy. He might also be considered the man who launched the [[Bertram Mills Circus]] on its first tour, having had a short connection with [[Bertram Mills|Ber
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• China Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...of [[International Circus Festival of Budapest|Budapest]], [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo|Monte Carlo]], Russia, Poland, and [[Festival Mondi
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• Shenyang Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...l du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris, two Silver Clowns at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] and the First Prize and the Grand Prize at the [[
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• Angélina
  ...tinue her art education, and she applied for the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. Unfortunately, she was not accepted. This dramatically changed th ...elaxed place to consider her future. Toulouse was the seat of a well-known circus school, the Lido, which had shown over the years a remarkable talent for cr
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• Stephanie Gasparoli
  ...ipated in the [[Festival Première Rampe]], Monaco’s international youth circus festival, where she obtained a Silver Medal. It was evident that Stephanie ...er: Immediately afterwards, in 1999, she was featured at the prestigious [[Circus Knie]], in her native Switzerland.
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• The Flying Caceres
  ...and when he was about thirteen years old, Miguel "ran away and joined the circus," as they say. ...eras, with Miguel as their main flyer, participated in the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 1977.
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• Arturo Castilla
  ==Circus Director and Impresario== ...evements were the introduction of theatrical aesthetics into the traveling circus performance, a modern approach to public relations and marketing, his fores
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• The Casartelli Family
  ...e of its famous name) with the legendary [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Parisian circus]]. ...sartelli family managed to become in just a few decades one of the largest circus families in Europe; it counts today about one hundred members.
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• Circus Medrano-Swoboda
  .... The name of that circus was homonymous to that of the legendary Parisian circus, but had no connection with it. It was “the other Medrano”—and st ...t and although they didn’t come from a circus family, they owned a small circus that traveled in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They always called Ludwig, wh
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• Marthe and Juliette Vesque
  ==Circus Memorialists== ...perhaps the most remarkable visual documentation existing on the European circus of the first half of the twentieth century.
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• Wang Lixin
  ...ited States, she has been featured as a solo performer in the [[Big Apple Circus]] production of ''Happy On!'' (1998). ...xin_BAC_Video_1998|Wang Lixin, cup and saucer juggling]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Happy On!'' (1998)
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• Changchun Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...globe. The Changchun Acrobatic Troupe participated in the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 1987, where it was awarded the ''City of Monac
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• Liaoning Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...y]]. The Liaoning Acrobatic Troupe won a Gold Medal at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 1987 with a hoop diving act. One of its artist
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• Inner Mongolia Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...1990 for its juggling on unicycles act, and the Gold Prize at the [[Golden Circus]] Festival in Italy in 2007. The troupe was awarded again at the Festival M
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• Tokar and Hyobagy
  ...oltan Hyobagy won the Circus Academy award at the 1st International Circus Arts in Moscow in 1996. ...96|Magdalena Tokar & Zoltan Hyobagy, aerial cradle]], at the International Circus Festival of Moscow (1996)
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• Vorobiev Troupe Video 2007
  ...biev Troupe, Russian swing act (excerpts), at the 3rd International Circus Arts Festival of Moscow (2007)
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• Vorobiev Troupe
  ...deo_2007|Vorobiev Troupe, Russian swing act]], at the International Circus Arts Festival of Moscow (2007)
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• Liubov Pisarenkova
  ...for Circus and Variety Arts (Moscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]]. She graduated four years later, in 1965, as an "estrade" (variety) artis ...technique, and her magnetic personality soon made her a star of the Soviet circus. She married the acrobat [[Borisenko and Burdetsky|Viacheslav Borisenko]].
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• Wuqiao Acrobatic Troupe
  .... Over several millennia, its peoples have created many form of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...including the United States (where they were featured with the [[Big Apple Circus]] in 2010-2011), England, France, Germany, Australia, Holland, Belgium, Swe
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• Pinito del Oro
  ...d been a center-ring headliner with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus in the United States for seven consecutive seasons. She was also courageous ...troubles, and in an area also totally devoid of competition. (The Spanish circus scene at the time was particularly active.)
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• Shandong Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...batic Festival]] in 1995; and the Bronze Bear award at the [[International Circus Festival of Moscow]] in 1996. Their award-winning bicycle act (Monte Carlo,
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• Viktor Tikhonov
  A major star of the Soviet Circus, Viktor Tikhonov (1917-1991) was an outstanding and amazingly innovative an ...|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in 1927 to provide the Soviet circus with a new generation of native performers.
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• The Durov Dynasty
  ...and during the Soviet regime, originated one of Russia’s most important circus dynasties. Their name still resonates today in Russian lore and culture, an To the circus historian, however, finding one’s way into the intricacy of their expande
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• Anna Volodko
  ...as youth circuses in the West. She began performing at age twelve in Youth Circus shows and festivals, winning awards in the process at the festivals of Mosc ...Club Med in Bali and Morocco, and in the United States in the [[Big Apple Circus]] production of ''Dream Big'' in 2011-2012.
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• SHORT HISTORY OF THE CIRCUS
  ...common denominator between Roman and modern circuses is the word itself, ''circus'', which means in Latin as in English, "circle". ===Philip Astley: The Father Of The Modern Circus===
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• Molly Saudek
  ...s eleven years old, she joined [[Circus Smirkus]], a very successful youth circus based in Greensboro, Vermont, whose summer camp’s young students go on to ...or circus arts, and at age eighteen, she enrolled in Montreal’s National Circus School, in nearby Quebec. There she trained as a tight wire dancer, a speci
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• Mstislav Zapashny Tiger Video (2005)
  ...ирк/Circus.doc (Russian State Circus Company) [http://www.circus.ru www.circus.ru]''
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• The Zapashny Dynasty
  ...alter_Zapashny_Video_(1964)|Walter Zapashny, mixed cage act]], at the "Old Circus" in Moscow (1964) ...slav & Dolores Zapashny, tiger and elephant attraction]] at Stochi's State Circus (1980)
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• Nazi Shiraï
  ...enticeship at the [[College for Circus and Variety Arts|Studio for Variety Arts]] in Moscow. The very original juggling act that made her a household name ...ormed extensively in the USSR after WWII, and was a member of the Armenian circus collective of Erevan. She was made Artist Emeritus of the Armenian Socialis
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• Dosov Troupe
  ...atic Festival]] in China (1999), and the Gold Clown at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] (2000). ...stival in China. In 2004, the troupe won again Gold at the [[International Circus Festival of Budapest]] in Hungary.
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• The Cranes Video (2005)
  ...ash; ''Document Росгосцирк/Circus.doc ([http://www.circus.ru www.circus.ru]'')
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• The Cranes
  ...ranes'', flying trapeze act]], at the 2nd International Festival of Circus Arts in Moscow (2005)
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• Merdenov Troupe Video (2005)
  ...ирк/Circus.doc (Russian State Circus Company) [http://www.circus.ru www.circus.ru]''
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• Yury Merdenov
  ...iding, in ''The Kuban Cossacks'']] at the International Festival of Circus Arts in Moscow (2005)
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